Combined dinner-pail and lantern



Patented Aug. 9, 1881.

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' J. L. RICKRD.

COMBINED DINNER PAIL AND LANTBRN.

Nirnn STATES,

Pnfrnnr erica JOHN L. RICKARD, OF SALEM, OHIO.

COMBINED DINNER-FAIL AND LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,402, dated August 9, 1881.

Application tiled June 24, 1881.

being had to the accompanying drawings,v

and to letters or figures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification,

and in which#- Itigure l is a front elevation ot' the pail and lantern; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the line x x of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

My invention relates to a combined lantern and dinner-pail; and it consists in the construction and combination ot' parts hereinafter particularly described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the cylinder ot' the pail, which is divided longitudinally into two compartments by the partitions Band O, so as to form an air-space, D, between the two, which is open at top and bottom and on'both sides, whereby a free circulation of air is permitted between the two compartments, thereby completely separating one from the other and preventing the heat within one from effecting the contents of the other. Within one compartment is placed a removable vessel, E, in! tended to hold the food, and which is provided with a cover, F, on the top of which is soldered or otherwise secured a ring or ange, the space within which is divided by partitions into three or more compartments, c b c, for spices, which are covered by a drinkingcup, Gr.

The lower portion of the front main compartment has extended sides H and bottom I, and a hinged door, J, which is provided with a mica pane, K, while a hood, L, extends from the side oi' the cylinder A to the front edges of the sides H, thereby forming a pro- (Model.)

tecting covering to the otherwise open space between'the cylinder and the front of the lampeompartment thus formed. Both ends of the hood L are left open, so that there may be a free circulation ot'air within the lamp-compartment; and to the top of the hood there is secured a frame, M, in which may be placed a card having marked thereon the name of the claimant ofthe pail.

The lamp N is set within the compartment described, and it is supplied with the oxygen necessary to maintain combustion through perforations made in the sides of the cylinder and in the bottom ot' the lamp-compartment. A retieetor, O, throws the lights rays through the mica door, while the heat from the lamp warms the coffee or other liquid contained within the vessel P, which rests upon langes suitably secured to the inside of the cylinder above the lamp. 'Ihe vessel has a concaved bottom and convexed top, with a screw-threaded neck and a screw-cap. The top ofthe compartment containing the vessel P is closed by a cap, Q, which has an aperture in its top for the escape ot the products of combustion, the aperture being shielded by a hood, It.

A bail S, by which to carry the pail andlantern, is secured to ears on the cylinder.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The within-described dinner-pail and lantern, composed of two compartments separated longitudinally by an air-space, open on its sides, top, and bottom, in combination with a foodvessel fitted into one of the compartments, and a lamp and a liquid-vessel in the other, substantially as set forth.

2. In a dinner-pail and lantern having two compartments, with an air-space longitudinally between the two, open at its sides, top, and bottom, a lamp-chamber to one of the compartments formed by extended sides, a mica door, and a hood extended from the doorframe to the side ot' the compartment above the extended sides, so as to leave open ends, substantially as set forth.

3. In a dinner-pail and lantern, a cylinder, A, divided into two compartments, with a longitudinal air-space, I), between them, open at top, bottom, and sides, one of the compart- In testimony whereof I aix my signature ments having a lamp-chamber provided with in presence of two witnesses. a hood, L, open at both ends, in combination with vessels E and P, lamp N, and covers F JOHN L. RICKARD. 5 and Q, one of them having spice-cells protected by a cup, G, and the other an opening in Witnesses: its crown, shielded by a hood, R, substantially JOHN E. ROGERS, as set; forth. i J AMES M. HOLE. 

